Combing machine



Oct 21, l 9 3- R. c. SUNDBERG COMBING MACHINE Filed Oct.

.fiaisiav RUDLF coNsTANTrN. s UNijBERQon 'sroCKHoLivn SWEDEN. i,

" comme eresmas? i Y applicati@ inea october 24,1 19'29, Yserieu No; 4o2,2"72 @nain Great Britain octqber 31,` 192e.

The present invention relates `to an arrangement in combing machines byimea'ns of which many disadvantages are removed and several advantages are-gained.' Iiiste'ald off arranging af combing segment and adetacli-fing segment on the lsame combing cylinder, the combing and detaching members are according to vthis invention arranged each on its own cylinder orther like, whiclijcylinders 19 are' coaxial' and are operated independently of each other Ywith suitableadjustable speeds. Hereby it is possible to reach a more effective-L andV quicker combing as considerably higher speeds can 'be vgivento the combing cylinder;

fThecombing cylinder can be provided'with .needlesof'lthe samesize 'and c'oarseness suitably arranged around the whole' surface ot' the cylinder.y Previously only` a certain part ofthe cylinder surfacecorresponding to the Y l known movably arranged jaws 4" and -5 will 20T curve .length of the'combing segment could be utilized for theV combing of each fibre piece, whereas with the present invention the fibre piece will be subjected to a'continuous uniforni combing of considerab'lylarger comb .'surface, namely the surface corresponding to that part of the circumferencev yofthe comb cylinder that has time to pass before they de-'f ta'ching segment covers the needles onthe combing cylinder. v

cylindrical surfaces that arepartsoi:l aylinr der coaxial with and embracing the combing Ygreater than the outer diameter oi' the combing cylinder. that participates in the combingy action'rwill thus be dependent on thespeed oftheco'mbing cylinder.l Said effectivecomb surface-- can amount to y'severaltimes .the whole sur-` face of the combing cylinder'k or onlyla part thereof dependingfon the oircumstances.

The invention hasthezfollowing advantages: Y The libre pieces ldo notvn'eedvto` be com pletely clean-carded. i

The fibre pieces do not need y'to-*be thin:y to

be completely combed through. They can be considerably 'thicker and d'irt'ier' than before',

Cy1inde1. its inner diameter 'being 'Somwvhatv 4'9. Their vinner radius is. somewhat larger duction of the machine is reached.-

Also'longerand dirty iibreslivers as flax, I i

clean-combed, y

The `eiflecti can be or decreasing vthe speed.

Figuresy lV and 2'showr crosssectionsthrough during thefcombingactioii. j -Figure 3 yShows a 'longitudinal Section. through lthe combing and-ideta'ching members,

'In the'd`ra'wing, 1'and`2are the feed rollers that' in the-.llrnown way'arerotated'intermitl f flaxtowand' even short laXcan be effectively Y i j z i Q Y 1,55*; regulated by increasing Oneform of the invention li'sb'y waycfl Y 4the combing device in two'ditl'eren positions Y i y i tently.therebyfpassing Vforwards a fibre lap or sliver 3 of'a suitable length.v The 'also thereupon hold the*fibrepieee'during 'the are" arranged in rows, suitably" around thev .Y whole'circuinference oflth'ecylinden (only a f part of them 'are'` shown in thedrawing); A They can all be of the-same coarsen'ess.` In;

1 Figurelthe iibr'e piece isshown in position- TheV detaching 'segment consists namely, f duflng the @Omblng @Ctlonf V according to the invention of one ormore t3," there are arranged Yoneorv more '(in the illustrated example two) i cylinder segments than the radius of the circle'thatis described The effective; Comb Surface fby the needle points so that the needles can 1 Y' I freely pass inside of the -said segments.`

These segments'farerotating in thev same di* next,following detaching segmentQthe right Vone, in Figure l) has rotated so' farthat its foreend begins to enterbetween the needles and the ibregpiece and removeitoutwards'.. 'ifffrom 'the y'needles Va distance of about the'Y *L thickness off-'the segment.I Asin hitherto" known, combing machine's there is arranged a detaching .roller v10 vthat is 'movable 4in a" radial? directionagainst `the combing cylina v i v'Concentricallywith'the combing cylinder a further.

der.' The heretofore necessary mechanism can be of the same kind as 1n hitherto known combing machines. Said mechanism is so 4adapted that, when the sector 9 enters be tweenl theV fibre piece and ftheV needles, V-the roller 10 is moved against the segment 9l so that the fore end of the iibrepiece-is seized betweenlthe roller and the segment which during the continued rotation hold thefbrf piece and carry it forward. rtheA fibre piece before this the jaws l and5 Yhavein the known way beenseparated from the'14 'fibre' J tation has'just been reversed so that they are feeding backthe aft end of the fibre piece. During this motion this'end of the fibre piece:

' will be combed ready. After'` the completion of the lcombing of the fore end ofV the fibre piece 3- as described above Vthe roller 10 and the segmenti) carrythe same forward'sothat its fore erfdwill overlap theba'ck endy of the previously combedr fibre piece which now lhas been returned by the rollers" Hand-12, so that an effective'joining'is the result-('see` Figure By means of the said .mechanism the direction of rotationf the-rollers 11' andf12 is then reversed and the fibre pieces are transported further. '14 signifies a top comb-of known kind arranged above the` path oftheV brepie'ce. When the combing of the fore endrof Vthe fibre piece has been lcompleted (as described abo-ve and thesame has been seized by the-roller 10and the segment 9, the'coi'nb 14 is lowered by 'a known'mechanism into the path of the fibre piece so that when the latter v is carried forward, it is drawn through. the needles ofthe comb 14 and properly treated.f However,z this top comb" -14 also be y omitted andl the combing of the aft end Vof i the libre piece be carried out by the combing" cylinder aloneV when the fibre piece is Vreturned bythe rollers 11 Vand 12 as described" above. i i "f VFigure 3 shows one way of arranging-the' combing cylinder andthe detaching segments in relation' to each other. VEachcombingj machine can be providedwith aV setfof-several combing cylinders 6 in alignment witheach:y

o-therl They' are attached to thesa'me hloivlow drum 15`fby means of screws'18.'V VEachcomb?V ing cylinder" is suitably made upfof twofcylyin'der halves asshown in Figures Y1` and 2.V Thef detaching segments 9 :are commonqtol all `of= the combing cylinders ofthe combing machine as they areextendedalong'the whole machine? They are at each end unitedfand AsLipperted. bymeans of cylinders ordiscs'8. f

u 4 "desired speeds breaks close to the feed rol-lershaiid 2.` JustVV iThe cylindersor discs 8 are supported by the shafts 1.7"ofV the hollow drum 15 that form bearings for the hollow shafts 18 of the-discs 8 Y(see Figure 3). YGear wheels 19Vand 207 pulleys orrthe like are attached to the vshaft l? Vand 18respe`ctively. A These wheels are driveny independently of each other by suitable:mechanisms .so thatlfthe combing cylinders and detaching segments can obtain the f of l rotation independent .of eacliother. 5 V' Y To prevent the defiection of thecompara ively" long detaching segments 9 it is sug-y 3 gested tol arrange loose cylinderrrings 21 between neighbouring combing i cylinders.

. Thesegrings areso -itted on the hollow drum 15 thatV they cank be freely turned around the drum. s To preventthe tendency of axial `motions a circularlrgroove22 is made around the drum,' land the end of one or several screws 23 screwed into the ring 21 protrude intof said groove form guides for the ring. The outer radius of said rings should be slightly less than the inner radius of thedetaching i segments; y By this arrangement the detachsupports 'claimQ.

ing segments are provided with satisfactory Y V1. .Combing machine for the-,textile indus-f` try wherein. the combing is' effected by *means ofa rotating combing cylinder provided with needles7 characterized therein: that there are provided one orseveraly detaching membersV a forthecombed fibre piece consistingof rotati ing cylinderse-Oments thatV are" arranged concentrically with; the combing cylinder .and

have'an ,inner radius-somewhat larger than:

theradius ofthe circle described by the needle points so `that whenV one of saidfcylindrical segments lpasses 'the libre piece subjected to i combing: by the combing cylinder71it removes Y said fibre piece from theneedles and there# upontogetherwith a detaching` rollerf 0f known kind carries the same further,c the said combing cylinder and the Asaid cylindervsegments `being. arrangedf tobe rotated independ ent-ly of each other. t Y A i 2. Combing machine for theteXtile indusprovided onejor several detaching membersl for .the combed Afibre piece 'consisting' of rotating Acylinder seginents'that are arranged',

cnicentrically withV the V'combing cylinder and have an'inner' radiussomewhat"larger than the radius ofthe circle described by the needle .points sof that 'when' one A'of said cylindrical segments passes the fiibre piece subjected to `combing bythe combing cylinder, itA removes sa-ifdfibre piece-'from the' needles and theref try the combing is effected bymeans A of arotating combing cylinder providedvwith; needies,l characterized therein that there are upon together with a det-aching roller'VVV of" known kindcarries the samefurther, the said Vcombing cylinderj and the-said Vcylinder seg-v ments being arranged tobe rotatedindepend--- m'centrically .with the combing cylinder andV have an inner radius'somewhat larger than` ently of eachother, whereby the combing cylinder is provided with needles around its whole circumference; 1

3. yCombing machine for `the textile industry wherein the combing is effected byl means A of a rotating combing cylinder provided with needles, characterizedtherein that there are provided one or several detaching members for the combed libre piece consisting of rotating cylinder segments that are arranged conthe radius ofthe circle described by thelleedle points so that when one of said cylindrical segments passes the fibre piece subjected to combing by the combing cylinder, it removes said fibre piece from the needlesand there- .Y upon together witha detaching roller of Y knownrkind carries the samefurther, the said combing cylinder and the said :cylinder segmentsbeing arranged to be rotated independp entlyV of each other, whereby the ends ofthe cylinder segments are united by means ofcylinders or discs provided ywith hollow shafts that are rotatably supported around the yshaft i of the co'mbingjcylinders, the last named shaft being common to all of the combing cylinders r in the same machine.

,4. Combing machine for the textile industry wherein the combing is effected by meansV ofa rotating combing cylinder provided with needles, characterized-'therein that there' are provided one or several detaching members l,

for the combed fibre piececonsisting of rotating cylinder segments that arey arranged concentrically with the combing cylinder and have an inner'radius somewhat larger than the radiusl of the circle described by the needle points so that whenone of vsaid cylinroller of known kind carries the same further,v

the said combing cylinder and the said Vcylinf -5 l45 i Y der segments being arranged to be rotated 1n- Vand between the ends of neighbouring 'combi ing cylinders, the .outer radius of the said rings being slightly less than the corresponddrical segments passesthe fibre piece sub jected to combing` by the combing cylinder, it removes said fibre piece from the needles and thereupon together with a detaching dependently of each other, whereby. thefends of the cylinder segments are united by'means of cylinders or discs'provided with hollow shafts that are rotatably supported around the shaft of the combing cylinders, the `last named shaft being common to all of the ik :combing cylinders in the samemachine, and

the said cylinder segments are extended along Y the whole combing machine and additionally supported bymeans of rings loosely arranged around the shaft of the combing cylinders Ving innerV radius of the "said cylinder segments. y

In testimony whereofnI have hereunto set my hand.

RUDOLF coNsTANTIN SUNDBERG. 

